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American football star Hines WardĄ¯s visit is having a far-reaching effect on Korean society. The government is planning to revise school textbooks to include the mention of cultural diversity, and it will also conduct a factual survey in efforts to eliminate discrimination of mixed-race Koreans.
Cheong Wa Dae said the government will conduct a survey on the number of mixed-race Koreans and their living standards. In the past, there have been working-level discussions among government ministries to relieve social prejudice, but there has been a lack of study on the early generation of people born to mixed American and Korean parents during the Korean War.
Cheong Wa Dae and the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development said they will revise school textbooks by 2009 to include mention of multiracial and multicultural aspects in Korean society. Currently, textbooks highlight that Korea is an ethnically homogeneous nation.
A Cheong Wa Dae official said the growing number of international marriages between Korean men and Asian women has raised full members of society.
The sudden flurry of attention was spurred by the visit of the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward. In a Tuesday luncheon with the Super Bowl star and his Korean mother, President Roh Moo-hyun said he would work to create a better environment for mixed-race people so that they too can be successful like Ward.
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